{"id":820497,"date":"2026-08-21T01:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/820497\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T01:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:42:10","slug":"brian-hickersons-attorney-issues-statement-after-hayden-panettieres-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/820497\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Hickerson&#8217;s attorney issues statement after Hayden Panettiere&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jxTEW Poyse ouIFx uieav lqtkC HkWF HfYhe kGyAC \">Hickerson was with the actress at the time of her death, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>ByAngeline Jane Bernabe  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ABCNews logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/origin-abcnews.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Friday, August 21, 2026 1:02AM<\/p>\n<p>Brian Hickerson&#8217;s attorney is speaking out on his behalf following Hayden Panettiere&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by gotpap\/Bauer-Griffin\/GC Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Brian Hickerson&#8217;s attorney is speaking out on his behalf following Hayden Panettiere&#8217;s <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/hayden-panettiere-dies-36\/story?id=135698473\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Hickerson was with the late actress at the time of her death, according to a police report obtained by ABC News earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Hickerson&#8217;s attorney shared a statement with ABC News on Thursday, writing, &#8220;Hayden&#8217;s death remains under investigation and it is important to allow that investigation to proceed. As has been publicly reported, police confirmed there were no signs of foul play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Out of respect for Hayden&#8217;s loved ones and the ongoing investigation, there will be no further comment at this time,&#8221; the statement added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ABC News Internet Ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hickerson was with the actress at the time of her death, according to police. ByAngeline Jane Bernabe Friday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[347905,236,88],"class_list":["post-820497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-347905","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}